Nansemond County-Portsmouth City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries......Brinkley, R. Tate, 1951 

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Rites Held For Richard Brinkley 

  Funeral services for Richard Tate Brinkley, who died at his home, 506 
Crawford Street, Portsmouth, Friday were conducted at 4 p.m. yesterday at 
the I.O. Hill Funeral Home by the Rev. R.E. Brittle and the Rev. Earl T. 
Farrell. 

  Mr. Brittle read "Crossing the Bar."  A quartet composed of Mrs. Wesley 
Brinkley, Miss Nancy Brinkley, Paul Parker and Mr. Brittle, sang "Does Jesus 
Care."  A duet, Mrs. Wesley Brinkley and Miss Nancy Brinkley, sang "Under 
His Wing."  They were accompanied by Mrs. Webb Pinner. 

  His pall was of red roses and white carnations.  Pallbearers were L.R. 
Redford, Grady Wright, Bill Bryant, N.T. Newton, Seth Jones, Willie Jones, 
Horace Brinkley and R.A. Perkins. 

  Burial was in Cypress Chapel Christian Church Cemetery. 


Richard Tate BRINKLEY, bartender, 
b. 16 Jan 1901*, Nansemond Co., d. 30 Nov 1951, at home, Portsmouth, 
interred in Cypress Chapel Christian Church*, 2 Dec 1951, 
"Suffolk (VA) News-Herald," Vol. 29, No. 285, Mon., Dec. 3, 1951, p. 8, 

*Additional information: 

His parents, Wm. Jesse & Katie (SAUNDERS) BRINKLEY, are also buried there. 
   Cypress Chapel list, an extension of the 
   Southampton County Historical Society {SCHS} Cemetery Project: 
   http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/nansemond/cemeteries/cypress.txt 

A photo of his gravestone - added by Jake Dog - is posted with 
   Find a Grave Memorial #31255556. 

D.Cert. 24473 (Portsmouth #666) gives Tate Richard BRINKLEY, 
   b. Feb. ?, 1900. 

Correct birthdate from WW-II draft card. 


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